The Secret Film Changed My Life

I have read many self-help books from "Think and Grow Rich", Anthony Robbin's books, Dyers books on Manifesting Your Destiny, "The Science of Getting Rich", etc. Name it, I have it.

Yesterday I watched the video clip, "The Secret". Through the sharing by the various speakers and the testimonial, something just clicked in my mind. I finally understood the message.

Whatever you focus, you get. Your thoughts becomes your reality. If you think about your fears and insecurity, you get more of that. If you try to find a scam in a project or a fault in somebody, you will find it.

The universe is your genie. What you wish, is their command.
In your moment of decision, the universe will draw the resources to you.
For e.g. if you want to get a red Ferrari, suddenly you begin to be observant about red Ferrari on the roads. Your mind begins to pick them up like a laser.

Now I start each day with a prayer of gratitude for whatever I have, the senses I have to experience the fullness of life.

I begin to listen to the small voice inside me. And it tells me what to do.

Are you Immuned to the Sight of Poverty?

Carl Lewis, one of the greatest athletics of all times, recalled a trip he'll never forget.

"I went to India in 20004...I saw the Taj Mahal and it was beautiful. But there was also much poverty and homelessness.

I saw two young girls huddling on thekerb near my hotel and I asked the hotel manager about it. He replied that it was normal and they'd all got used to it.

That kind of suffering is not something we should get used to; we ought to be affected by it.

Squatter blocks were literally just next to million-dollar houses and nobody helped the poor."

Negotiation Lesson from a Mum

Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, once joked that any mother who has dealt with two kids and one piece of toffee could negotiate any contract.

The trick, according to another high-powered mom, is to let one child divide the sweet and the other to pick the first piece.

This is really Funny

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Must there be a Prize for Everything

Must there be a prize to entice people to do what you want to do?
Today, the newspaper launched the Stomp website to encourage youngesters to pin their thoughts on the blog. The prize for participation ? A car. Why do you need to entice people with a car?

The charity events. Why not let people donate cos they want to, out of their heart? Not cos of the chance to win the prize.

Some parents bribe their children to get them to study.

The Perfect Moment

He was the CEO of a big company. He was successful in his career. His schedule is booked for the next 18 months. He sits at the top of the world. He has almost everything that money and success can buy - the travel, the fine dining, the company, fine clothes except one thing. The perfect moment.

One day the doctor pronounced that he had 3-6 months to live. He had a terminal illness. He realised all these years he had missed many perfect moments.

The perfect moments are the moments when you play with your children, when you date your spouse and watch the sunset, when you are there to see your children graduate, when you are there to blow the candles on their birthday.

A perfect moment is the gift of an hour doing something meaningful with someone you love.
It can be a moment when things go wrong, but you chose to focus on what is pleasing and good.

When bad things take away 100 things we can no longer do, we can choose to focus on the 900 things that we still can do.

We choose to focus on what we can do with what we still have, rather than what we have lost.

Everyday I see how my Sarah's drawing taking shape. It gets better each day.
Every day, Sarah learns a new word.

It's a Perfect moment when I taught her how to spell 'BEAU-TI-FUL'
"It's too long. I can't I can't." she was ready to give up.
So I broke the word into 3 parts.
Finally she mastered it.
"Beautiful, isn't it?"
She nodded and smile in agreement.

When I go to work in the morning, she would tuck at my feet and say, "Daddy daddy, don't leave me at home. I want to follow you."
When I am at work, I can't help thinking about her. And her missing Daddy.
When I'm home, I'm too dog tired to play with her and go through her studies.

This is when I decided I don't want a job. I want a life.
I want to create many perfect moments for my family.
My colleagues asked me what's my next job.
I said, I don't want a job. I want a life.
My next job is: Joyfully jobless

I'll Buy You a Gift

Sarah wants to surprise mommy and daddy.

One morning when mummy was asleep, Sarah nudged me to bring her shopping. She selected a heart shaped rose with a teddy bear. Cost: $8.90. Daddy paid.
"I want to buy something for you," she said.

I think to myself, "You buy me a gift. And I pay for it."
Oh how sweet.

Then she went to another shop. Saw a beautiful mug with the picture of a princess.
She want to buy it.
Then she saw a guitar toy and she too wants to buy it.
"I am a rock and roll girl, " she declared as she strummed the guitar and jump on her feet.

"Do you want to buy the whole stall?"
"You can only pick one item."
On the way back home, we met our resident Goh Lai Hock.
She gave an impromptu rock and rock guitar performance in front of Goh and the senior citizens at the Senior Citizen corner.

Rock and roll girl. Remember your first guitar.

It's Funny

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The Breast Part

Overhead at the wedding dinner: "This is the breast part"

My 5-year-old daughter loves to play masak masak ie. pretending to cook with her toy cooking utensils. I asked her if she loves to be a chef someday.
"No" she replied.
"Why?" I asked.
"Cos my husband will cook for me."

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Superman goes to toilet

My 5-year old daughter likes to role play.
"Daddy, you are the superman and I'm the super girl," she exclaimed.
"OK"
After a while, I stopped.
"What happened?" supergirl asked.
"Supergirl wants to go to the toilet to poo-poo!"